I absolutely agree. The terrorists know exactly how important Iraq is. By staying on offense, we have committed them to defending a territory they can't afford to lose. While they will still attempt attacks on our soil, those attempts will most likely be far and fewer between since they are fighting in the ME. Heck, how many stories have we seen of terorists leaving this country to go fight over there. The Democrats are right...Iraq is a distraction; a distraction for the terrorists and their plans to attack us.
Yep and to that point, the terrorists have been having issues recruiting the young and dumb ones to give up their lives for Allah.
It's been that way since I was in Iraq as a contractor in 2004. Once we kicked the crap out of Z-Man in Fallujah and especially once we took back the Mosque in Najaf, things got better.